Dr. Vadiveloo’s work has been recognized by the American Heart Association, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the University of Rhode Island, and the NIH IDeA network. The training listed below shapes the methods the lab uses — mixed methods, implementation science, machine learning, and dietary assessment.
National recognition
- Fellow of the American Heart Association (FAHA), 2020. Conferred by the Council on Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health.
- Chair, American Heart Association Lifestyle Nutrition Committee, and chair or vice chair of four AHA scientific statements and advisories on dietary guidance, dietary patterns, rapid diet assessment, and ultraprocessed foods.
- Best Diet Expert panelist, U.S. News & World Report Best Diets, 2024.
- Top Reviewer, Advances in Nutrition: An International Review Journal, 2025.
- First Author Award, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Research Dietetic Practice Group, 2019.
- Top 10% of abstracts, American Heart Association EPI/Lifestyle 2016, selected for presentation at Scientific Sessions in “Best of AHA Specialty Conferences.”
Research awards
- Best Lightning Talk, 19th Annual Rhode Island IDeA Symposium on Emerging Areas of Science, “AI in Research — Promises and Perils,” 2026. For “Design of the Smart Cart 2.0 Platform to promote healthy eating.”
- Research Excellence Award, URI College of Health Sciences, 2019.
- Sabbatical, University of Rhode Island, 2023–2024.
- Global Mobility Travel Grant, 2020, to lead a symposium on novel dietary assessment at the International Conference on Diet and Assessment Methods.
- Outstanding Dissertation Award, NYU Steinhardt, 2014.
Training and methods
The lab draws on several methodological traditions. These programs are where that training came from.
- ORBIT Institute: Developing Behavioral Treatments to Improve Health, 2026. Behavioral intervention development.
- 5×5 Short Course: Artificial Intelligence for Health (AI4H), 2025. Machine learning applied to health data.
- Implementation Science Bootcamp, Brown University, 2023. Frameworks for evaluating whether interventions work under real-world conditions.
- Nutrition Leadership Academy, 2022.
- Advance CTR K Scholar Development Program, 2019. Selected as one of twelve scholars.
- Clinical Informatics Short Course, Brown Center for Biomedical Informatics and Lifespan / Advance CTR, 2018.
- Dannon Early Career Nutrition Leadership Institute, 2017.
- Advanced Course in Dietary Assessment Methods, Aberdeen, Scotland, 2017.
- American Heart Association 40th Ten-Day Seminar on the Epidemiology and Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, 2014.
For prospective students
Students in the lab have been supported by competitive fellowships and have earned recognition for their own work, including URI and RI INBRE summer research fellowships, the NSF-funded URI Cyberteams CAREERS program, and doctoral funding from the University of Rhode Island. Students are routinely first authors on lab publications; authorship is marked on the publications page.
Last updated September 2026.